VAST, NVIDIA and Cisco unveil integrated AI stack
At VAST Forward 2026 in Singapore, VAST Data used the stage alongside NVIDIA and Cisco to position itself at the heart of a new push to collapse storage, compute and orchestration into a single AI infrastructure stack as regional players, like Australian AI factory start-up Firmus, scale sovereign facilities across Asia-Pacific. The Singapore event underscored […]
Firmus secures “multi-billion-dollar” AI contract for Melbourne
Australia’s Firmus Technologies has signed a long-term, multi-billion-dollar contract with a leading global technology platform for dedicated AI infrastructure capacity at the Melbourne site of its Project Southgate programme. The agreement covers approximately 18,400 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs to be deployed at the Melbourne AI Factory, representing the second large-scale customer secured under Project Southgate. Firmus […]
CDC opens Melbourne campus as Victoria positions for 800 MW
CDC Data Centres has formally opened its first Melbourne data centre campus in Brooklyn, marking what it describes as a major milestone in a multi-billion-dollar investment programme in Victoria. The facility, located in Melbourne’s western suburbs, was officially opened by Jacinta Allan, alongside Danny Pearson, Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, and Daniel Mulino, Assistant […]
Cisco and Sharon AI unveil AI Factory with 1,024 Blackwell Ultra GPUs
Cisco and SharonAI Holdings have launched what they describe as Australia’s first Cisco Secure AI Factory with Nvidia, a sovereign AI infrastructure platform designed to deliver high-performance compute while keeping all data processing within the country. The deployment, announced in Sydney, is built around 1,024 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs and is hosted in NextDC’s S3 […]
New Zealand could unlock NZD 70bn from data centre exports – BCG
New Zealand has a “genuine right to win” a share of the global AI infrastructure buildout, but must act quickly if it is to convert its renewable energy advantage into a scaled data centre export industry, according to a new report. In Data centres as strategic infrastructure: unlocking value for NZ Inc (February 2026), Boston […]
Goodman tilts pipeline towards data centres as power bank reaches 6GW
Australian-based global real estate company Goodman Group has sharpened its focus on digital infrastructure, with data centres now accounting for the bulk of its development pipeline as the developer expands its global power bank and secures fresh capital partnerships. Reporting an operating profit of AUD 1.2 billion for the half year to 31 December 2025, […]
PGIM acquires 20.7ha Melbourne site for AUD 1.2bn data centre campus
US-based asset manager PGIM has acquired a 20.7-hectare site in Melbourne’s west for a planned data centre campus, marking the first Australian investment for its USD 2 billion (AUD 2.8 billion) Global Data Centre Fund. The site, at 1 Oroya Drive in Truganina, was acquired on behalf of the fund and will form part of […]
Firmus secures USD 10bn Blackstone-led deal to scale AI factories
Firmus Technologies has secured a USD 10 billion private debt financing facility led by funds managed by Blackstone, with support from Coatue, as the company moves to scale its national AI infrastructure platform. The financing is among the largest private debt transactions in Australian corporate history and will fund the next phase of Project Southgate, […]
Why Australia’s data centre market is being reshaped from the ground up
For much of the past decade, Australia’s data centre market was defined by choice. Choice of location, choice of suppliers, and choice of pricing models, particularly for hyperscalers and cloud service providers. That balance has now shifted decisively, and speed has become the dominant competitive force. According to DatacenterHawk senior insight analyst – APAC Donny […]
Firmus extends investment in AI infrastructure supply chain
Australian AI factory developer and operator Firmus Technologies has secured a strategic equity investment from Maas Group Holdings, deepening its commitment to developing an Australian-based supply chain for AI infrastructure and reducing reliance on overseas manufacturing. Announced in Sydney, the investment aligns Maas with Firmus’s long-term strategy to localise the design and production of core […]